1. Pengliang Liang, Liyong Yuan*, Ke Du, Lin Wang, Zijie Li , Hao Deng, Xucong Wang, Shi-zhong Luo*, and Weiqun Shi*. Photocatalytic Reduction of Uranium(VI) under Visible Light with 2D/1D Ti3C2/CdS.
Chem. Eng. J. 2021, 420, 129831.
2. Bin Zhao, Liyong Yuan*, Yue Wang, Tao Duan*, Weiqun Shi*. Carboxylated UiO-66 Tailored for U(VI) and Eu(III) Trapping: from Batch Adsorption to Dynamic Column Separation.
3. Ji-Pan Yu, JianHui Lan, Shuai Wang, Peng-Cheng Zhang, Kang Liu, Li-Yong Yuan*, Zhi-Fang Chai and Wei-Qun Shi*. Robust covalent organic frameworks with tailor-made chelating sites for synergistic capture of U(VI) ions from highly acidic radioactive waste.
Dalton Trans. 2021, 50, 3792-3796. (The first two authors contributed equally to this work)
4. Peng Ren, Pin-Wen Huang, Xiao-Fan Yang, Yao Zou, Wu-Qing Tao, Su-Liang Yang, Qun-Yan Wu, Li-Yong Yuan*, Zhi-Fang Chai and Wei-Qun Shi*. Hydrophilic Sulfonated 2,9-Diamide-1,10-Phenanthroline Endowed with Highly Effective Ligand for Separation Americium(III) from Europium(III): Extraction, Spectroscopy, and DFT Calculations.
Inorg. Chem. 2021, 60, 1, 357–365.
5. Yue Wang, Mingshu Xie, Jianhui Lan, Li-Yong Yuan*, Jipan Yu, Jiuqiang Li, Jing Peng, Zhifang Chai, John K. Gibson, Maolin Zhai* and Weiqun Shi*. Radiation controllable synthesis of robust covalent organic framework conjugates for efficient dynamic column extraction of 99TcO4−.
Chem. 2020, 6, 2796-2809.
6. Peng Ren, Cong-Zhi Wang, Wu-Qing Tao, Xiao-Fan Yang, Su-Liang Yang, Li-Yong Yuan*, Zhi-Fang Chai and Wei-Qun Shi*. Selective Separation and Coordination of Europium(III) and Americium(III) by Bisdiglycolamide: Solvent Extraction, Spectroscopy and DFT Calculations.
Inorg. Chem. 2020, 59, 14218–14228. (The first two authors contributed equally to this work).
7. Zhi-Hui Zhang, Jian-Hui Lan, Li-Yong Yuan*, Pan-Pan Sheng, Ming-Yang He, Li-Rong Zheng, Qun Chen, Zhi-Fang Chai, John K. Gibson and Wei-Qun Shi*. Rational Construction of Porous Metal–Organic Frameworks for Uranium(VI) Extraction: The Strong Periodic Tendency with a Metal Node.
8. Lin Wang, Zi-Jie Li, Qun-Yan Wu, Zhi-Wei Huang, Li-YongYuan*, Zhi-Fang Chai and Wei-Qun Shi*. Layered structure-based materials: challenges and opportunities for radionuclide sequestration.
Environ. Sci.: Nano. 2020, 7: 724-752.
9. Peng-Liang Liang, Li-Yong Yuan*, Hao Deng, Xu-Cong Wang, Lin Wang, Zi-Jie Li, Shi-Zhong Luo* and Wei-Qun Shi*. Photocatalytic reduction of uranium(VI) by magnetic ZnFe2O4 under visible light.
Appl. Catal. B: Environ. 2020, 267, 118688.
10. Li-Yong Yuan, Ge Gao, Chuan-Qi Feng, Zhi-Fang Chai and Wei-Qun Shi*. A new family of actinide sorbents with more open porous structure: Fibrous functionalized silica microspheres.
Chem. Eng. J. 2020, 385, 123892.
11. Ji-Pan Yu, Li-Yong Yuan, Shuai Wang, Jian-Hui Lan, Li-Rong Zheng, Chao Xu, Jing Chen, Lin Wang, Zhi-Wei Huang, Wu-Qing Tao, Zhi-Rong Liu, Zhi-Fang Chai, John K. Gibson and Wei-Qun Shi*. Phosphonate Decorated Covalent Organic Frameworks for Actinide Extraction: a Breakthrough under Highly Acidic Conditions.
CCS Chem. 2019, 1, 286–295. (Co-first authors)
12. Xin-Rui Zhang, Xiang-He Kong, Li-Yong Yuan*, Zhi-Fang Chai, Wei-Qun Shi*. The coordination of Eu(III) with 1,10-phenanthroline-2,9-dicarboxamide derivatives: a combined study by MS, TRLIF, and DFT.
Inorg. Chem. 2019, 58, 15, 10239-10247.
13. Li-Yong Yuan, Ming Tian, Jian-Hui Lan, Xing-Zhong Cao, Xiao-Lin Wang, Zhi-Fang Chai, John K. Gibson, and Wei-Qun Shi*. Defects Engineering in Metal−Organic Frameworks: A New Strategy to Develop Applicable Actinide Sorbents.
Chem. Commun. 2018, 54, 370-373
14. Xin-Rui Zhang, Li-Yong Yuan*, Zhi-Fang Chai, Wei-Qun Shi*. Towards understanding the correlation between UO22+ extraction and substitute groups in 2,9-diamide-1,10 -phenanthroline.
Sci. China Chem. 2018, 61(10), 1285-1292.
15. Li-Yong Yuan, Lin Zhu, Cheng-Liang Xiao*, Qun-Yan Wu, Nan-Zhang, Ji-Pan Yu, Zhi-Fang Chai, Wei-Qun Shi*. Large pore 3-D cubic mesoporous (KIT-6) hybrid bearing hard-soft donor combined ligand for enhancing U(VI) capture: an experimental and theoretical investigation.
16. Nan Zhang, Li-yong Yuan*, Wen-Lu Guo, Shi-Zhong Luo*, Zhi-Fang Chai, Wei-Qun Shi*. Extending the Using of Highly Porous Functionalized MOFs to Th(VI) capture.
17. Lin Wang, Li-yong Yuan, Ke Chen, Yujuan Zhang, Qihuang Deng, Shiyu Du, Qing Huang*, Lirong Zheng, Jing Zhang, Zhifang Chai, Michel W. Barsoum, Xiangke Wang, Weiqun Shi*. Loading actinides in multi-layered structures for nuclear waste treatment: the first case study of uranium capture with vanadium carbide MXene.